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U.S. Dump Near Danang Is the Economic Backbone of 2 Hamlets; When Guards Leave, Scavengers of All Ages Flock In They Put Out Fires Set by Americans in Pile of Debris

By IVER PETERSONSpecial to The New York Times ();

April 30, 1969,

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DANANG, South Vietnam, April 23 -- The American dump at Marble Mountain has replaced fishing and tobacco growing as the principal source of income for Thoson and Sonthuy, hamlets south of this large seaport.

April 30, 1969

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